The Dallas Examiner

1 week ago | dallasexaminer.com | Jasper Scherer |Kayla Guo |Ayden Runnels

(The Texas Tribune) – The Texas House approved a roughly $337 billion two-year spending plan early Friday, putting billions toward teacher pay, border security and property tax cuts, after more than 13 hours of debate that saw hundreds of amendments – from Democrats and hardline conservatives alike – meet their demise.

1 week ago | dallasexaminer.com | Marian Wright Edelman

(Children’s Defense Fund) – “A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. On the one hand we are called to play the Good Samaritan on life’s roadside, but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho Road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life’s highway.

1 week ago | dallasexaminer.com | E. Faye Williams

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – As all of this shameful racist stuff has been going on more than usual, I took the time to read about a man who long ago set the standard for White people to step up and not just say what somebody else should do or not say what this nation owes Black people. I know it sounds strange for me to be looking for White people to do the right thing when they hear and see wrong perpetrated against Black people or anybody who is not White.

1 week ago | dallasexaminer.com | Robyn Jimenez

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2 weeks ago | dallasexaminer.com | Joshua Fechter

(The Texas Tribune) – Texas lawmakers could imperil the future of public transportation in two of the state’s largest urban areas, transit officials and advocates warn. Republican legislators are entertaining proposals to sap hundreds of millions of dollars from Dallas Area Rapid Transit, the state’s largest public transit system, and thwart the voter-approved expansion of public transportation in Austin known as Project Connect.